1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfsserver b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfsserver
index d5e9c38a9c..0f5747cc6d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfsserver
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfsserver
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ stop_nfsd(){
 #FIXME: need to create the /var/lib/nfs/... directories
 case "$1" in
   start)
-        exportfs -r
+        test -r /etc/exports && exportfs -r
         start_nfsd "$NFS_SERVERS"
         start_mountd
         test -r /etc/exports && exportfs -a;;